Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 104

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1410

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man, and was the first child born in Richland. William was educated in the com- mon schools, and his first business was boating. He enlisted in the 184th N. Y. Vols., and served in the army of the James, stationed at City Point, Va. He was sent north June 25, 1865, and discharged at Syracuse on July 4th of that year. He is a G. A. R. man. His wife was Florence S. Fitch, daughter of Ephraim and Mary Ann (Bishop) Fitch of Oswego county, the grandfather having been a soldier in the French army. They have one child, Jessie, born January 12, 1874, who is a graduate of music and a teacher of the same.

Jacobson, Henry S., was born February 15, 1841, in Albion, Oswego county, a son of Abraham and Nancy Jacobson. He was educated in Albion, then went to work for A. J. Gardner, continuing until he volunteered in the late Civil war, when he went to the front with the 10th N. Y. Cavalry. He enlisted in October, 1861, and re-enlisted December 21, 1863, serving until the close of the war, and was under fire in thirty-two different engagements. After the close of the war, he returned to work for Mr. Gardner. In 1890 he bought his farm, which he now conducts. He married in 1866 Emeline Haight by whom he had nine children: Warren, Jesse, Harriet, Adelbert, Abigail, Oscar, Calvin, Andrew, and Edward.

Johnson, George P., M. D., is a native of Oswego county, born August 9, 1844, educated in Falley Seminary, Fulton, N. Y., studied medicine with his brother, Dr. Stephen P. Johnson, and graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1867. He practiced in the city of Oswego one year, and since 1868 has engaged in the practice of his profession at Mexico, N. Y. He was physician and surgeon at the County Poor House and Insane Asylum eighteen years, from January, 1872, pension exam- ining surgeon fourteen years from 1869, and postmaster four years from February, 1883. He is a member of the County and State Medical Societies, and was president of Oswego County Medical Society in 1883. For the past fifteen years he has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Mexico Military Academy. He has one child, Fannie W. His wife, whom he married June 5, 1883, was Sarah A. Webb, a native of Mexico, who died September 10, 1993.

Ingerson, L. M., was born in Evans Mills, Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1843, son of Alexander Ingerson. Mr. Ingerson enlisted at Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson county, in 1861, in Co. A, 94th N. Y. Vols., and served until 1863, when he was discharged. In August, 1863, he re-enlisted at Sackett's Harbor, Jefferson county, N. Y., in Co. L, 20th N. Y. Vol. Cavalry, as quartermaster-sergeant of said company in August, 1863. In July, 1865, was promoted to regimental quartermaster-sergeant and served until August, 1865, when the regiment was discharged by orders from the War De- partment. After the war he settled in the town of Williamstown, Oswego Co., N. Y., where he was engaged as foreman in a lumber plant owned by Ashbel Orton for fif- teen years. In the spring of 1880 he and his wife moved into the village of Williams- town, and then bought the grist mill, which he has since conducted. He also has a farm in connection with his mill which he works. In 1888 he purchased a large steam saw mill in the town of Redfield that he manages himself. He has always been looked upon as one of the leading men of the town, being supervisor in 1885. He married Martha, daughter of A. Orton, of said town.

Irish, William, was born in Parish, May, 8, 1843, son of John and Betsey Irish. John

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Irish came from Schoharie county, about fifty years ago. He was one of the oldest settlers in Parish. Subject of sketch was educated in Parish, and then went into the cooper business at which he remained about fifteen years, then bought the farm adjoining the one on which he was born, and where he now lives, consisting of 100 acres under a fine state of cultivation, ranking among the best farms in the town- ship. He married Mary Ann Cross in 1873.

Herriman, H. N., a native of Sandy Creek, was born October 17, 1842, a son of Thomas J. and Sybil (Sampson) Herriman, natives of Vermont who came to Oswego county when young. Thomas J. settled in Pulaski when nineteen years of age, at first in a hotel, and then took a farm in the woods and followed farming. He and wife spent their last days with subject. He died in December, 1873, and his wlfe December 30, 1891. The grandfather of subject, Jonathan Herriman, came from England prior to the Revolutionary war and was a soldier in that war. Mr. Herri- man now has in his possession a sword which his grandfather carried in the Revo- lutionary war. Jonathan Herriman died in 1839. Our subject was reared on a farm and has always followed farming. He was for twenty years a resident of the village of Sandy Creek, but in 1890 bought the farm where he now resides and carries on general farming. He married, in 1865, Martha, daughter of William and Catherine Sprague of Sandy Creek. Mr. Sprague was a farmer and owned the farm which our subject bought at the death of Mr. Sprague in 1890.

Hutt, Earl S., was born in Williamstown in 1869, and is the son of Austin and grandson of Peter Hutt, who came to Williamstown in 1835. In 1840 he settled on the farm where Earl now lives, and was a lumberman and farmer. Earl S. married Frances, daughter of William Waters, and has two sons, William L and Arlo A.

Humez, Antoine, was born in Aniche, France, March 8, 1851, is a son of Emanuel Humez, born in Somain, France, one of five sons and one daughter of Alexander Hunez who was a shoemaker by trade. Emanuel, father of our subject, was a glass worker, came to the United States in August, 1879, direct to Berkshire, Mass., and was the only one of his family who came to the United States. His wife was Louise Mallet, born in Montmedy, France, and their children are Antoine, Louis, Aimable, Alexander, Leonie, Aglae and Ernest. The sons are all glass blowers by occupa- tion. Subject learned the glass blower's trade when seventeen. In 1880 he came to Massachusetts and two years later to Cleveland, where he has since been engaged in the glass works as blower, In June, 1880, in Lanesboro, Mass., he married Laure, daughter of Gustave Andris of Cleveland, a native of Beigium, and they have one child, Eugene, born in 1888. Mr. Humez is an energetic upright man, and is a mem- ber of the town board. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraterni- ties, also of the Glass Workers' Union. His father died in October, 1888, and his mother resides in Cleveland with her son, Ernest.

Howe, Henry L., was born in this county July 6, 1831, a grandson of Peter, born in Massachusetts but came to this county in 1812 with his family and died here aged eighty-five. The father of our subject, Moses, was born in Massachusetts but came with the family to this county, where he died aged eighty one. He married Lucy Munger, who died aged seventy-six. Henry L. was educated in Fulton and taught eight terms, after which he read law and at the age of twenty-seven was admitted to

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the bar in Syracuse (1860) and afterward to the Supreme Court of the United State. He began the practice of law in Sandy Creek, continuing until 1878, when he came to Oswego city and engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1881 he left the general practice and engaged with Mr. Kingsford, looking after the legal depart- ment of all the latter's interests, as well as the Oswego Starch Factory. Mr. Howe has conducted some cases of great importance, and which have been carried to the Court of Appeals and has had several cases in the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a Mason, a Knight Templar, of the 32d Degree Scottish Rite, and Ninety Degree Egyptian Rite. He was a member of the convention organizing the Republican party. He was elected supervisor from Sandy Creek and has been clerk of the board twice; and was elected in 1867 surrogate. In 1852 he married Augusta A. Hastings of this county, daughter of Count De Gras Hastings and Lovina Conk- lin. They have one child, Franklin H., born August 5, 1854, who is married and has two children. He resides in Oswego and is a telegraph operator.

Hopper, Jasper, is a son of George C. (named after Gov. George Clinton), an old resident of Onondaga county and a grandson of Jasper Hopper, who was born in New York city June 10, 1770. The family are of Dutch descent, two brothers And- reas and Mathias having emigrated from Holland to New York in 1620. Andreas settled in New Jersey and Mathias on Manhattan Island. Andrew Hopper, the father of Jasper, was a son of Lieutenant John Hopper, known in the early history of the country as an officer in General Harmer's campaign against the Indians. Jasper, grandfather of our subject, entered public life at the age of eighteen, when he received the appointment of clerk in the office of the secretary of state. In 1791 he was made deputy secretary, and held that position until 1802, when he was appointed by Gov- ernor George Clinton, clerk of Onondaga county, which office he held for fifteen years. He was clerk of the Assembly for two terms. He aided in procuring a charter for Onondaga Academy, famous as an institution of learning in early days, and was one of the first to endow that institution. He married Charlotte Newcomb of Dutchess county in 1800. He died June 30, 1848, at his residence at Onondaga Valley. Jasper Hopper, subject of this sketch, was born in 1855. He was educated at Onondaga Academy, which had been promoted and endowed by his grandfather. He read law with Charles G. Baldwin, esq., of Syracuse, and then traveled extensively for several years. He is now a resident of Hannibal Centre, and is one of the justices of the peace of the town of Hannibal. In 1882 he married Rosamond F. Moore, a grand- daughter of the late Thomas A. Moore, a well known physician of Manlius, Onondaga county. Mr. and Mrs. Hopper have two sons, Ernest J. and Eugene N.

Halsey, Charles H., of New England ancestry, was born in Oswego county Janu- ary 26, 1842, a grandson of George, who died here aged eighty; and a son of George, who died aged seventy-two. The latter married Celia Rickard, who survives him. Their children were Charles H., Gamaliel Halsey and Almira, deceased. Charles H. was educated in the common schools, and his first business was running threshing machine, which however, caused the loss of his right arm. He then began trucking, and later bought a dairy farm, which he still continues. He also had the mail route between Port Ontario and Pulaski. March 16, 1864, he married Charlotte, daughter of William and Eliza (Dolley) Andrews, William having been a soldier in the British army. Their children are Gertrude, who married Lewis Wood, and Grace S., who

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married William Drake, and has three children. Our subject enlisted in the 1st N. Y. Light Artillery, Battery G, in 1861, and served in the army of the Potomac till the close of the war. He was in twenty-seven engagements. and received a medal for his service at Gettysburg. Mrs. Halsey is a member of the Women's Relief Corps.

Harvey, Nelson, was born in Herkimer county in 1839, son of William Harvey, native of the same place, one of nine children of Elijah Harvey, who was a native of Vermont. William was a farmer who came to Hastings in 1857, and died later in Syracuse. His wife was Mary Baum, and their children were Nelson, Warren, Eliza, Alphena, Mary and Clara. Subject worked on the farm with his father until twenty- two years of age, then began for himself on a portion of the homestead, later added to it, and now possesses 150 acres. In 1858 he married Annis, daughter of Charles Beardsley of Hastings, and their children are: Wm. L., Frank, Clarence D., and Frederick S.

Hart, Delos, was born in Onondaga county in 1852, son of Attison Hart of the same county, who is one of three sons of Elery and Anna Hart. Attison was a far- mer and cooper, came to Hastings in 1868, and settled on the farm now owned by his son Delos. His wife is Catharine Saddler, and they had two children, Delos and Judson, who died young. Our subject has always remained with his parents on the farm, andis now supporting them in their declining years. In 1876 he married Addie, daughter of William and Emeline (Chaffee) Smith of Hastings, who came there in 1838. Mrs. Hart is one of five children. Since 1879 Mr. Hart has been interested in the jewelry business at his home in connection with his farm.

The Hart family is of English origin. The old town of Farmington, Conn., so rich in early history, is the mother of the Hart family-a family very numerous, honor- able and highly distinguished for piety, industry and patriotism. Daniel Webster Hart, the subject of our sketch, was born in the town of Cicero, Onondaga county, N. Y , on the 12th day of August, 1842. He was the son of Stephen and Polly White Hart, and the grandson of Ezra and Polly Owen Hart. Mr. Hart lived in Cicero, his native town, until sixteen years of age, at which time he moved with his father to Palermo, Oswego county, N. Y. He was the only son in a family of five children. During his boyhood until the breaking out of the Civil war he assisted his father in the work upon the farm. In the year 1862 he enlisted in the 110th N. Y. Inft., under the command of D. C. Littlejohn, where he served three years. At the close of the war he returned home, again resuming his former occupation of farming. Mr. Hart was married June 16, 1866, to Miss Mary C. Flint, daughter of Alex and Asenath Flint of Palermo county, Oswego county, N. Y. The family consists of two sons, L. A. Hart born October 30, 1867, and S. L. Hart born September 26, 1875. The oldest son was married January 25, 1893, to Miss Sarah J. Sherman. In his religious ideas Mr. Hart is Methodist and has taken a prominent part for some time as class leader in the church of his choice. In politics he is a Republican of the true type. Mr. Hart served his town as supervisor; he has also held other important offices in the town of which he is a resident. Mr. Hart is a thorough farmer, a good citizens and enjoys the esteem of all who know him.

Lloyd, Samuel, was born in Oneida county in 1819, and when ten years of age came to Albion with his parents, Peter and Nancy (Owens) Lloyd, natives of Wales.

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The former died in Albion in 1850, aged seventy-seven, and the latter in Wisconsin in 1871, aged eighty-six. Mr. Lloyd is a farmer and capitalist, has been trustee sev- eral terms, and married in 1852 Mrs. Mable (Waters) Lloyd.

Hall, I. S., was born in Scriba August 7, 1834, and has followed farming all his life except seven years which he spent in boating. In 1863 he married Mary J. Benson, and they have two children, Frances E., now Mrs. Albert Gilbert and Daniel J. Mr. Hall's father was Shibney Hall, and his mother Maria (Maxon) Hall. His grand- father was Benjamin Hall. I. S. Hall has one grandchild, Maxon E. Gilbert.

Hibbard, Seymour N., was born in Jefferson county June 17, 1845, a grandson of Nathaniel of Vermont, who died in this county aged eighty-six; and a son of Elisha A., who is now living aged eighty. The latter married Cynthia B. Harris of Jeffer- son county, who is now living aged seventy-five, a daughter of Colonel C. Harris who was in the war of 1812. Their children are Warren, Martha, Seymour N., Charles, Lucy and one who died in infancy, Warren and Lucy being now deceased. The grandfather, Hibbard, was second lieutenant in the war of 1812. Our subject was educated in Oswego county, and in 1864 enlisted in in the 184th N. Y. Vols., and served in the army of the James, receiving his discharge at Syracuse at the close of the war, after which he began milling at Texas. For eight years he was connected with the Oswego City poorhouse. He now resides with his parents. He is a mem- ber of the G. A. R. and is a Granger. March 1, 1866, he married Olive C. Meyers, whose father was Adam Meyers of Ontario county. She died in 1868. They had one child, Frederick L., born March 22, 1867, who died in 1868.

Hubbard, Minor W., was born October 17, 1848, in Albion, son of Heman A. and Concurrence L. Hubbard. Heman Hubbard was born in Jefferson county and was one of the early settlers. Subject was educated in Albion, then started a saw mill in Dugway, which he ran six years, then started a dairy farm in Richland and operated it six years. He then went to Kansas and worked at railroading four years, when he returned to Oswego county and worked as engineer one year. He then bought a place at Union Square and resumed farming. He returned to Parish in 1890 and bought the farm which he at present conducts. Mr. Hubbard serves a general milk route, and does a large business in addition to conducting his farm. He married Emma Towsley, and has two children, Addie and Nellie.

Hammond, Martin C., of New England ancestry, was born January 14, 1851, a grandson of Nathaniel, born in New York, who died in this county. The father, David P., was born in Washington, D. C., and died in this county aged sixty-eight years. He married Sarah Stacey, born in this county, who died in Syracuse aged fifty-six years. Their children were Ellen A., Edwin H., Louisa A., George W., and Martin C., all deceased except David and Martin. David was a soldier in the war. Our subject was educated in the common schools, and was a brakeman on the N. Y., O. & W. R. R., and also followed boating for twenty-five years. He also owns a farm in the town of New Haven, and in 1894 he bought the Brook Trout House in Richland, of which he is proprietor. He was constable in New Haven sixteen con- secutive years, and turnkey in the Oswego county jail three times. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. April 16, 1874, he married Florence A., daughter of M. S. and Mary A. Coon of New Haven, Oswego county. Mr. and Mrs. Hammond have one daughter, Flora Belle, born August 10, 1876.

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Dowdle, James, was born in the city of Oswego December 1, 1845, a son of Walter and Ann Dornon Dowdle of Ireland, who came to Oswego in 1841. His father died April 18, 1876, aged sixty years, and his mother August 22, 1892, aged sixty-eight. Their children were John, James, Peter, Edward, William J. and Frank, all living. James was educated in the public schools of Oswego, and first worked for A. G. Cook in the coal business, later clerked for James Doyle in the boot and shoe business, and then was clerk in the commission house of Ames & Sloan. In 1866 he started in the insurance business with Gilbert Mollison and O. H. Hastings. The latter retiring, the business has been conducted up to date by Mollison and Dowdle, who are also engaged in the provision and coal business. James Dowdle is at present president of the Oswego Gas Light Co. He was alderman in 1873, mayor in 1884, and was one of the organizers of the street railway. September 18, 1873, he married Mary B: Lynch, daughter of Bart Lynch; they have had two children, Bart, born November 27, 1874, and Charles, born May 26, 1877. Charles died March 22, 1891.

House, Warren E., was born in the town of Parish, and in 1876 went to Jamaica and engaged in the fruit trade there nine years, shipping to New York, Philadelphia and Boston. In 1886 he returned to Oswego county and married the same year Carrie A. Haller, by whom he has one daughter, Ruth. David, the father, was born in Ot- sego county May 17, 1815, and the mother, Sophia Pierce, was born in Herkimer county July 3, 1822. They were married June 28, 1837, and reside with their son Warren E, Their children were Alonzo D., born October 2, 1838 (deceased); Cor- nelius, born November 22, 1839 (deceased); Julia A., born November 25, 1840; Mary, born January 7, 1842; Malissa, born February 14, 1844 (deceased); Joseph, born Sep- tember 6, 1845 (deceased); Warren E., born June 1, 1847; Norman, born June 2, 1848 (deceased); and Alice, born October 18, 1849.

Gardiner, Nelson A., of English ancestry, was born in Providence, Ontario, Feb- ruary 3, 1855, a grandson of George Gardiner of England, who died in Ontario aged eighty-four. His father, Thomas, was born in England and came to this country and married Olive Carl of Ontario. He died aged forty-five years. Their children were George H., Altheir E., Amanda C., Richard C., William T., Nelson A., Jonathan B., all living. The father was a potash manufacturer, and was killed by falling into one of his own vats. Our subject was educated at Fairfield, Ont., and came to the United States in 1872 where he has been actively engaged in the lumber trade. In 1890 he started the first lumber yard in the town of Richland, which he still conducts. July 6, 1876, he married Emma T., daughter of Chauncey T. and Emeline Fuller, and their children are Olive E., Ray F., and Martha B. Olive B. died May 31, 1894, universally mourned.

Finley, Ellen, daughter of Patrick Gillerlain, and youngest of a family of twelve, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and came to America with her father, who was a gar- dener, when she was about twelve years old. Thomas Finley was born in County Down, Ireland, in 1824, and has for nearly fifty years been a resident of Oswego county. Both Mr. and Mrs. Finley were denied educational advantages, but their many estimable qualities have won the high esteem of a large circle of friends. They were married Feburary 8, 1850, and have five children, now residing in remote quarters of the globe, but no death has yet occurred in this family circle. The chil- k

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dren are George, born in 1851, a master mechanic of Syracuse; Henry born in 1853, engaged in boating; Mary, born in 1855, wife of Edwin Von Derbeck, who was born in Berlin, the son of a German nobleman, and for twenty-one years a resident of Mos- cow, Russia; Elizabeth, wife of John Foster Sandusky, O .; and John, a machinist at Providence, R. I. Mrs. Finley is a devoted member of the M. E. Church of Fulton. She has taught herself since maturity to write, that she may correspond with her scattered children, and in 1881 undertook the arduous journey to Moscow, where she spent several months with her elder daughter, Mrs. Von Derbeck.

Barlow, Smith H., of Scotch ancestry, was born in Massachusetts, October 1, 1832. a son of Smith H., born in Massachusetts, who died in Litchfield, Conn., aged forty- four, and Angeline Loring, who died in Connecticut, aged forty-five. Their children were Susan H., Hannah L., Smith H., Walter A., Victoria and Angeline, the latter two deceased. Smith H. was educated in Connecticut and at Albany, and in the spring of 1855 came to Sandy Creek and followed his trade of carpenter and joiner and taught school winters until 1862, and then built with a partner a sash and door factory, which he operated until the spring of 1870, and then sold his interest and followed contracting until 1878. He then started a sash and door factory, which he still continues, it being the leading industry of the kind in the section ; it is located on Little Sandy Creek, which affords its water power. The output consists of doors, sash, blinds, window and door frames, and the planing and dressing of lumber, mouldings, cornices, etc. The firm also does contracting and building and employs from six to ten men. Mr. Barlow is now president of the School Board, and has served as justice of the peace and trustee and president of the village of Lacona. September 26, 1860, he married Mrs. Martha Pruyn Ferguson, who died April 22, 1874. October 26, 1875, he married Deborah A. Chapin. The subject has one adopted child, Walter A. Barlow, who married Carrie Scofield of Westchester county.

Bennett, James G., was born in Newark, N. J., in 1835. He started life in the minstrel business, from which he drifted into the circus business, being at one time connected with Van Amberg's great menagerie. His first hotel experience was gained in the Mansion House, Baltimore, Md., afterwards being connected with the Giles European Hotel in Baltimore. He was next associated with Mr. M. T. Gooderson in the Park House, Junior, in City Hall Square, New York City. In 1859 came to Os- wego and worked at the old Revenue House and the Munger House. In 1860 he went to thefront with the Eighty-first Regiment. After six months of army life he was at the Simpson House at Washington, D. C. Again he came back to Oswego and took the Revenue House as proprietor. He afterwards gave up the Revenue House and took the New Welland House at Oswego. Then he left Oswego for a short time and came back and leased the Revenue House again. The house was soon sold to the R. W. & O. RR. Company, and Mr. Bennett leased the Doolittle House. He was in the Doolittle House for about a year and then returned to the Revenue House (now called the Lake Shore Hotel): In 1881 he leased the Woodruff House, at Watertown, and from 1881 to 1885 conducted both houses successfully. In 1886 Mr. Bennett went to California and was engaged in the real estate business for a time in Los Angeles. He then bought an interest in the Hotel Nadeau at that place. He returned to Os- wego in 1892 and leased the Doolittle House, of which he is the proprietor at present. The capacity of the house is for 400, with a dining room seating 200. The house has

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Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 104

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1410

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1410